mmm no I don't
Waterline to top of figurehead 8 foot? And man standing by figurehead is presumably vertically challenged??? We could go on and on... let's agree to differ as it's a period we simply know too little about....
though the vikings seemed to suffer a lot from thread worms according to a paper I read on lab analysis of fossilised excrement!! Might have jumped to relieve an itchy orifice!!! Now that would be a thesis - parasite induced bravery!
Cheers
Huw